cabha

Irish

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin cava (“hollow, cavern”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha, nominative plural cabhaí)

  1. hollow, cavity
  2. hump
Declension
Declension of cabha (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cabha cabhaí
vocative a chabha a chabhaí
genitive cabha cabhaí
dative cabha cabhaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cabha na cabhaí
genitive an chabha na gcabhaí
dative leis an gcabha
don chabha 		leis na cabhaí
Derived terms
  • cabhach (“hollow”, adjective)
  • cabhán m (“hollow”)
  • cabhóg f (“hollow”)

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English caf, variant form of chaf (“chaff”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha)

  1. chaff
Declension
Declension of cabha (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cabha
vocative a chabha
genitive cabha
dative cabha
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cabha
genitive an chabha
dative leis an gcabha
don chabha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabha
radical lenition eclipsis
cabha chabha gcabha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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